An initial glance might suggest that Uppercup Football is a fairly faithful, if cartoony, take on the sport. Then you notice the pacey, casual one-button gameplay. Then you see that your opponents for the next game are all dressed up as Batman, and that the ball has turned into a bomb. Madness!

One of the first iOS games to make footy fun for all, Flick Kick Football still plays a mean game. The idea is to swipe the ball into the goal from a range of fixed positions, curling the ball around defenders and goalies where necessary.

Less a football game, more a light-hearted shooting gallery game with a Plants vs Zombies twist, Pro Zombie Soccer has you fending off an undead apocalypse with your mad soccer skills. It's more exciting than watching Match of the Day, that's for sure.

This hilarious game has you pressing a single button to make your two footballers jump and kick. It's the ramshackle physics system that really makes this a random delight, as well as a same-handset multiplayer mode that will have you in stitches.